For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named ARA Rivadavia.
ARA Rivadavia
History
Name
Rivadavia
Namesake
Bernardino Rivadavia
Builder
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Laid down
25 May 1910
Launched
26 August 1911
Commissioned
27 August 1914
Decommissioned
1952
Fate
Sold to Italy for scrapping in 1957
General characteristics
Class and type
Rivadavia-class battleship
Displacement
27,500 long tons (27,900 t) standard,
30,100 long tons (30,600 t) full load[1]
Length
594 ft 9 in (181.28 m) oa,
585 ft (178 m) pp[1]
Beam
98 ft 4.5 in (29.985 m)[1]
Draft
27 ft 8.5 in (8.446 m)[1]
Propulsion
3-shaft, Curtis geared turbines,
18 Babcock & Wilcox boilers;
40,000 shp (29,828 kW)[1]
Speed
22.5 knots (25.9 mph; 41.7 km/h)[1]
Range
7,000 nautical miles (8,100 mi; 13,000 km) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)[1]
11,000 nautical miles (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) at 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h)[1]
Armament
12 × 12 inch (305 mm)/50 guns[1]
12 × 6 inch (152 mm)/50 guns[1]
16 × 4 inch (102 mm) guns[1]
2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes[1]
Armor
Belt: 12–10 inches (300–250 mm)[1]
Turrets: 12 inches (305 mm)[1]
Casemates: 91/3–61/5 inches (238–159 mm)[1]
Conning tower: 12 inches (300 mm)[1]
ARA Rivadavia (Spanish:[riβaˈðaβja]) was an Argentine battleship built during the South American dreadnought race. Named after the first Argentine president, Bernardino Rivadavia,[2] it was the lead ship of its class. Moreno was Rivadavia's only sister ship.
In 1907, the Brazilian government placed an order for two of the powerful new "dreadnought" warships as part of a larger naval construction program. Argentina quickly responded, as the Brazilian ships outclassed anything in the Argentine fleet. After an extended bidding process, contracts to design and build Rivadavia and Moreno were given to the American Fore River Shipbuilding Company. During their construction, there were rumors that the ships might be sold to a country engaged in the First World War, but both were commissioned into the Argentine Navy. Rivadavia underwent extensive refits in the United States in 1924 and 1925. The ship saw no active service during the Second World War, and its last cruise was made in 1946. Stricken from the naval register in 1957, Rivadavia was sold later that year and broken up for scrap starting in 1959.
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